Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood

Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood is a military installation in Denwick, Northumberland, England. Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood is situated near the peak Corby Crags, as well as near the locality Abberwick.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Alnwick Castle and Hulne Park.

Alnwick Castle

Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.

Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated and remodelled several times. Alnwick Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood.

Hulne Park

Park

Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland. Hulne Park is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood.

Brizlee Tower

Tower

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brizlee Tower is a Grade I listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders. Brizlee Tower is situated 1 mile northeast of Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abberwick and Hulne Priory.

Abberwick

Locality

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abberwick is a hamlet near the River Aln, in the civil parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland.

Hulne Priory

Locality

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Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.

Alnwick

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Alnwick is an attractive small town in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population of 8400 in 2021. It's best known for Alnwick Castle, often used as a film and TV location.

Remote Radar Head Brizlee Wood

Type: Military installation
Location: Denwick, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.41821° or 55° 25′ 6″ north

Longitude

-1.76826° or 1° 46′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C7WC69J+7M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 228256879

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

OpenStreetMap feature

military=base

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Corby Crags and Cave of the Nine Year Old.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: AMES Type 92 and West Brizlee.

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